1948
Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed America

It came down to so many factors: an underdog who refused to surrender, a presumed victor who refused to fight, disgruntled Democrats—on the left and right— who, by deserting their party, merely strengthened it, and fearful Republican farmers who, in the end, proved more farmer than Republican. (Page......more

David Pietrusza has found/developed himself an interesting historical niche, chronicling critical 20th Century Presidential elections – 1920, 1960 and now 1948 – and each of these books is a fascinating read. The author uses a balanced recipe combining brief biographical sketches of the major player......more

Some presidential elections are more consequential than others. Usually 1948 is not seen as one of the critical ones, a view David Pietrusza corrects in this book. He brings a panoramic view to an America in the middle of its first presidential election after World War II. Here the events that impac......more

I just now finished it. Any reader will be surprised in the similarities between 1948 and 2012; a defiant Republican Congress, a President under attack and the startling dull personality similarity between Thomas E. Dewey (Our future lies in front of us?) and Mitt Romney. Henry Wallace - please youn......more

Interesting book that goes over the Presidential Election of 1948 in great detail, used it for a 20th Century US History paper I had to write for US History II.......more